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ERS a = A elf A 3 N= IN. erowdi ] ence, while very attentive, did not hand "2 ' 'up any boaquets. > ontinu 'AE The Annual To the Polite Enquiries "How is the Sale going on?" I ain only able to answer | ; "Nicely thank you" = HES } As a matter of fact it is going nicely, no fuss nor excite- ment, but with ample business to keep everyone on their toes, myself especially. It is interesting from a psycho- logical standpoint, to sce the growing interest in people, periiaps at rst dubious. is . We have all been taken in so often, we are suspicious, and very often this warps our judgement and makes us turn down real opportunities. But there are few car resist getting something at a cheaper 'price than usual, or away below value. ' There are many things of human interest too. A perfectly good hundred pound sack of sugar lay a whole day at $10.00 with no takers, but at last one nimble lady awakened to the bargain. So as I said, every day will "have its surprises. My only regret so far is that the business is overtaking my capacity to deal with it, but we are always working to one common end--the satis- faction of everybody. : SPB DRYDEN, A Iv \ the population, abatement of personal' ; $ Baptist Church. Services next Sunday will be conduc- ted by Rev. G. Near of Kenora: WAEBIGOON, twenty- Ont.--The MORNING at imi 12.00 EVENING at recive 12:80 HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL OY, 12g cB lB A A 27 1EY , Wit four Official Opening The formal opening of the Bedworth Publie School will be held on Friday evening, January 18th. Programine begins at 7.30 _p.m.; a real supper at 9.30 p.m. and then dancing. Special music for the night. Admission $1.00. nity { ed after. stmas's +41 yi : gretted U the year round ag were concerned, that € share of<enjoyment the he same and The audi- grown-ups monopol z the youngsters ou 5 SNE AND vourLy axl Servic Scheel Concert ASKING FOR MORE DINORWIC, Ont.--The annual school : concert, which was postponed owing to the death of Mr Jas. Isbester, .took place on Saturday at 8 o'clock in the school house. In spite of the severe weather there was a good attendance, and all had a good time. The Rev. R. A. Smith presided. The programme was as follows:-- ' Christmas Carol--Nowell, by Rev. R. A. Smith, Mr H. and Miss W. Rhind Recitation--Robert Huckel. The programme was well carried out and reflected great credit on the direc- ors. 'The young istes had their: worl well in hand, though the voeal: numbers fell a litile' flat through the abserice of music. It seems odd that? the mus as, with' which the scenery round here is supposed to be studded,' could not have helped such a deserving cause. : The Ster Drill in costw FREE BELGIAN DAMAGE SUIT START 'PARIS, Jan. 7--The first hearing of e monster damage suit brought, ne was well' ; ei : Germany on behalf of the tens | ji i put on and cleverly executed. Mrs A. 5 : 2 4 3 Chairman's Address. : ; : 5 a soar 17.4 thousands of Belgians deported by aa Johnson gave several Swedish folit' : 2 Cherus by School Children. : the Germans during the war begun Doll Drill by little girls. Solo--I Passed by Your Window, Miss W. Rhind. Recitation by Joseph Zoccole. Dialogue--The Rival Speakers, Messrs G. and E. Rhind. k The Highland Fling, by Fanny Oven- stone. Recitation, by Saimi Hanta. horus--Christmas Day, by School children. Recitation, by Jenny Wright. Song--Keep on Humming, by 4 girls. Recitation, by Jonny Ovenstone. Duete--Let the Rest of the World go By, by Mr H and Miss W. Rhind. Dialogue--Tiny Tots' Wedding, by the nl / school children. songs which were well received. The ladies of the local U.F.W.0. provided Seday alate the mined avpiivaiion in amply for the inner man, loaded the bunal Yh vi give a decision as to _ the principles involved. Should the iy telaimants in the test cases win, similar ©. [suits will be brought for about 80,000 er time with a sleigh load of presents.' =", ; 7 2 : . . i Belgians and probobly 250,000 French After the venerable Santa had said!" z ; iwho alse were forced to work behind good-bye, the chaitman asked the kid-{ > dies to show their appre (the lines r the enemy. good work by the UFR W.0. in . i the needful money to give them such a+ 3» & J a ik) eo ¥ oe R oe Jo LHGUIINIL General Merchant, splendid treat and called for three loud + OXDRIFT, ONTARIO cheers. The hearty response of the LE that Santa Claus arrived a for children showed their gratitude, and the ladies surely felt amply repaid when the little voices rose so lustily. After coffee, sandwiches and cake had been served, the multitude depart- ed, everybody happy. Dry Goods" Groceries Hoots and Shoes Hardware and Farm Produce Frost & Wood and i Cockshult Impioments Fall, by five boys. Ribbon Drill, by the school. Recitation, by Fritz Eger. Solo--Mother McKree, Miss W. Rhind. Recitation, by Miss E. G. Wright: Sketch--The Rough Diamond Messrs H., G., E. and Miss W. Rhind. | Recitation, by Fanny Ovenstone. Song--A.B.C., by four girls. Recitation, by Toiva Hanta. | made the best speech of the Solo, by Mr A. D. Hall theoming, the other trustee i evening, the chairman having been! Dialogue--The Pie, by three girls. secretary dis- ruled out. He emphasized the need of Chorus--Christmas Bells, by school. C. V. Nor- a new school and asked the co-opera- Recitation--=Seein' Things. by Miss I. The annual mix-up of the ratepayers of Zealand 8.8. No. 1 wags perpetrated on the 26th in the usual manner. J. A. the youngest trustee, like Casabianca "on the burning deck, whence all but he had fled," and who, going down | with the ship, resigned as well. { The election 'of a new board was Gus. 1 the meeting and began an eloquent speech which was cut off in its prime by a demand for figures, not fancy goods, from one of the audience. disconceried J. A., who sat down asked for the trustees' report, which] Wickman and called for and proceeded with. was not for being absent and the claiming any connection. drum stepped into the breach and read tion of his fellow countrymen to'secure | G. Wright. the auditors' report which was duly the same. In a strenuous, three-sided God Save the King. considered and adopted. aud'ence contest, the English party were elected, Fruit and candy were distributed then desce business, ¢ J. A. Burgess, J. D. Aaron and C. H. to the children and lunch served to all. A touching ay > unity among' Betis being the new Board of Trustees. Owing to the postponement of the con- cert, the children had their Christmas gifts previously. The Rev. R. A. Smith held a Mem- crial Service for the late Jas. Isbestor on Sunady morning in St. George's church. ; f After the election, C. H. started an-- feeling, and a concerted effort to getiother argument by asking, not what the new school up, was badly discount- they were going to do with the money, ed later by the appellant telling the but where they were going to get it. n he was talking too much. As nobody offered any suggestion or The chairman thereupon locked as if even a solution, he was left lamenting. he would like ladies were present. .overcharged with electricity, the De- The need of a new school iu still the | partment of Edueation badly rimracked bone of contention and has caused, and the revised Statutes of Ontario en- rapid changes: of trustess for a year | tively superseded, so, being near mid- or two back, coming and going. The night, the audience gradually melted last board dissolved itself, one retired, (away, leaving the new board to their another resigned, leaving J. A. Burgess ' sorrows. ET TT a rece Citi Berea Si % i to say more, only that! two grandchildren left last week for Winnipeg where they will spend a short time visiting relatives. We regret that our teacher, Miss E. G. Wright, is laid up this week with an attack of the grippe, consequently "school is closed till Monday. seme sy rash tase ay Relief for Famine: impress of Russia at Vaucouver loading supplies for the carthquake stricken thousands of Japan. Yiu every available inch of her cargo space crammed with foodstuffs and a capacity stock of ships stores, sufficient .¥ to replenish the supplies of the Empress of Canada and the Empress of Australia, on relief duty off the Japanese coast, the Canadian Pacific 5.8. Empress of Russia was the first relief ship to arrive. She carried consignments of flour, canned milk and canned salmon amounting to 350 tons, from the Canadian government. The British Columbia branch of the Canadian Red Cross sent twenty tons of canned milk and fifty tons of other canned food-stuffs, while the Vancouver Japanese Association contributed an initial shipment of fifty tons of flour for their famine stricken countrymen. More td than two hundred & twenty-five of the "Russia's" three thousand tons of cargo was of flour, SAE PC NS EL Song--We'll Never Let The Old Flag aE About this time the atmosphere got | Mrs Isbestor and son Reggie and {§ilen's Heavy Flannel Shirts, reg. J. $aigy Sale Price :...... $1.55 in ; BS § Winter Caps, reg. 1.160 & 1.35 a ' { Sale Price 0... -95 i : V/Horsehide Pullover Mitts, with i elastic at wrist. Sale Price. .85 Underwear, reg. 2.95. Sale 2.50 x "Wool Shirts and Drawers, Sale Price, z-piece garments. 1.50 3 i : b in Dat ' ce y Men's Lumbermen's Sox, reg .95 2g : {> Bale Price... 75 i @ Heavy Wool Sox, regular .30 \ > : ! Sale Price \ §LADIES NEW COATS, with fur fcollar, half price. Not so many in stock, would be wise to come in carly. h EES A j #Good supply of: : { DRESS & WORK PANTS 9 also BOYS' BLOOMERS To WEED xr AAS also have a good supply of : \ FELT & LEATHER BOOTS YRUBBERS of all kinds, ill be reduced to the low- ----000--- Sorry that we can't put the prices ; of all our stock as I just returned --nsl0 0g A New & Second Hand Store A A \ | Y {Opoosite Town Hall in | / A a BOUGHT & SOLD 25 & .350 every-i irom the city, which gave me yvery little time to make the advt }{GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION nm